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Salmon Shark caught in Russia
Date: 22. August 2011. Location: ‘Mirror Bay’, Kavalerovsky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia. Species: Salmon Shark ( Lamna ditropis ), male. Size: said to be 2.2 metres in length. The capture of this specimen (by ‘amateur fishermen’) has received much attention in the Russian press because of the two recent shark attacks in the region. Several
Basking Shark Mount for Museum in France
Shark Year Magazine, 25. August 2011 The French taxidermist Bernard Bourlès is mounting a 3.4 metres long basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) for the Natural History Museum in Paris. The 180 kg shark had been accidentally caught in the waters south of Houat on 27 May 2010. Houat is an island off the south coast of
Thresher Shark caught in Canary Islands
Published on 23 Aug, 2011 at 19:03 in General News | Viewed times | 1 Comment
Date: reported on 22. August 2011. Location: Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Species: Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus). Size: said to be 4 metres in length. The shark was captured relatively close to shore at Porís de Abona in the municipality of Arico. Update Aug 23 : The Arico City Council say that the thresher shark was
Public urged to report whale shark sightings
Published on 22 Aug, 2011 at 18:43 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Any information would help research. By Emmanuelle Landais, Senior Reporter / GulfNews.com 23. August 2011 Dubai: Any sightings of whale sharks dead or alive in the wild should be reported to the main Dubai-based research body, Sharkwatch Arabia. A washed-up whale shark found dead last week in Musandam (photo) was a loss for the
Porbeagle Shark sold at Dutch Auction
Date: reported on 17. August 2011. Location: The Hague, Netherlands. Species: Porbeagle shark ( Lamna nasus ). Size: 135 kg (ca. 298 lb) in weight. The shark was auctioned at a fish market in Scheveningen. A short time ago, another porbeagle was offered at the same market . Both specimens had been captured in the
Great White Shark caught in Canada
Published on 17 Aug, 2011 at 11:40 in General News | Viewed times | 1 Comment
Great white shark caught in Bay of Fundy CBC News, 17 August 2011. A great white shark was caught this week in the Bay of Fundy, the first confirmed great white shark sighting in Atlantic Canada in more than six years. The three-metre, 272-kilogram shark was caught in a fishing weir by fisherman Wayne Linkletter,
Sixgill Shark netted in Turkey
Date: reported on 15 August 2011. Location: Alanya, Antalya Province,Turkey. Species: Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus). Size: said to be 2.5 metres in length. You can see a video of the catch in our Video Section ( here ). Source: mynet haber .
WCPFC Shark Bycatch in 2010
Published on 13 Aug, 2011 at 11:58 in General News | Viewed times | 2 Comments
SHARK YEAR MAGAZINE, 13 August 2011. Reported shark catches made by tuna/longline fisheries of 18 nations in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Area for the year 2010 . AUSTRALIA Retained catch estimates of sharks by the Australian fleet in the WCPFC Convention Area for 2010: Blacktip shark = 0,1 t. Blue shark
Whale shark washed up on beach in Taiwan
Date: 23 July 2011. Location: Dawu,Taitung County, Taiwan. Species: Whale shark, female ( Rhincodon typus ). Size: 5.28 metres in total length. The shark was found stranded on a beach and transported to the National Museum of Marine Biology in Pingtung. There is video of the specimen in our Video Section (here) . Source and
Whale Shark Served in Chinese Restaurant
9 August 2011, Spitsnieuws. A Chinese seafood restaurant had a complete whale shark on the menu. The 5.8 metre long shark was dragged into the kitchen by 50 employees. According to the owner of the Wanzi Port Restaurant in Zhenjiang, the whale shark was found ‘washed up’ on the beach and he bought it for
Great White Shark caught in Adriatic Sea
Date: reported on 05 August 2011. Location: Bar, Montenegro. Species: Great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias ). Size: said to be 2,17 metres in length. The shark was accidentally caught in a fishing net about 30 km off shore. Source: vijesti.me . Photo Credit: Anto Baković.
Whale shark caught in Vietnam
Published on 4 Aug, 2011 at 17:25 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Date: 03 August 2011. Location: Cà Mau Province, Vietnam. Species: Whale shark ( Rhincodon typus ). Size: reported to be 5.5 metres in length. The shark was accidentally caught in a fishing net. Source and Photo Credit: Tuoi Tre News.
Thresher Shark filmed feeding off Devon England
Published on 3 Aug, 2011 at 3:38 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
03 August 2011. The BBC is reporting that a fisherman spotted a Thresher shark off Devon in southwestern England. Jim Millar(46), from Brixham, had fished without success for more than three hours, off Dartmouth in the English Channel, when he spotted a fin emerge from the water. According to Mr. Millar, the shark was about
Sixgill Shark caught in Martinique
Published on 2 Aug, 2011 at 18:49 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Date: 02 August, 2011. Location: Fond Lahaye, Schoelcher, Martinique. Species: Bluntnose sixgill shark ( Hexanchus griseus ). Size: reported to be ca. 5 metres in length ( over 600 kg ). Source : France-Antilles . Photo Hdb.
Great White Shark caught on drum line in South Africa
22 July 2011, by Dave Savides, Zululand Observer. A Great White shark weighing 345kg was hooked on a Sharks Board drum line off Alkantstrand on Saturday. Crew of the skiboat ‘Lady Cat’ noticed the floating buoy with its catch drifting in the water on the eastern side of Naval Island and towed it to the